The magician displays three white wreaths and three different colored silks. One of the White Wreaths is put in a brown paper bag, with a hole in the center. The red silk is now pushed through the hole in the middle of the bag and the wreath is removed. When removed it is found to be coloured red.

This process is repeated with the other two white wreaths, transforming them to two other colors.

Finally, all the three colored wreaths are placed in the bag, and all the three silks pushed through the hole in the center of the bag. When the wreaths are removed, the magician finds nothing has happened. He still has the three wreaths in three different colors.

The Magician tosses the three colored wreaths into the air, and they visibly and instantaneously transform into a giant tricolor wreath, thrice as big as the original wreaths.